Today was the official day where anyone in San Francisco can be drunk in public. Yes, Bay to Breakers, that festive event where everyone from out of town walks around naked or in some funny costume and begin to drink unheard of amounts of alcohol all at 7am. With that in mind, I was surprised to see that Bimbo's was quite packed for tonight's show. Although I did see some weary people in the audience, everyone seemed to be in good spirits and ready for some Swedish pop.
As it has been the custom, we sat in the back with a table. It seems like we only see Swedish acts at Bimbo's now a days, with Jens Lekmanbeing the two previous shows that I saw at this venue. So, with my hunger pangs in full swing, I ordered the crappiest pasta dish and watched the opener, Lykke Li.
Like El Perro Del Mar, Lykke is another Swedish indie pop singer with a fairy like voice. She was definitely more upbeat than El Perro Del Mar, and more enjoyable. I think she stole the show. Her second song, "Dance Dance" was a lot of fun with her whole band going all crazy midway through the song. She exhibited some weird dancing skills and she pounded her tambourine like no tomorrow. Sarah of El Perro joined Lykee during another song. But the definite novelty highlith of Lykee's set was when she covered a rap song, whose name escapes me right now. The song then blended nicely to her encore.
El Perro Del Mar, on the other hand, was a bit more mellower and not as exciting. Which is expected since her new album, From the Valley to the Stars is more a series of really good lullabies than pop songs. She even admitted that when she played one the new songs in the new LP. She tried to make the show exciting, but at this point, I was way too tired and my companions were as well.
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